Two tablespoons of Nescafe Gold and a pinch of salt
Two tablespoons of Nescafe Gold and a pinch of salt had me refocus on the beautiful things in life. ☕
I don't like the taste of instant coffee, but I also don't like adding sugar to it. A hack I've learned to adopt is using a pinch of salt to offset the bitterness. It sorta works, but it doesn't really get rid of the unpleasantness of the drink.
I am a coffee drinker. I used to do the full ritual — grinding the beans, the slow pour, cleaning up after, composting the grounds. But that's far beyond me now.
Right now, I'm just in it for the fuel and the flow it offers. The core substance minus the elitist air of homebrewing. Almost like the chaos magic version of a full hermetic ritual.
I mean, I could do a slow cold brew that would definitely cook up a delicious cup, but it would be too much coffee. There'd either be plenty of waste or a very jittery 30-year-old.
And I don't drink coffee every day anymore. I just drink when I feel like it.
"But it's about the process," probably 23-year-old me 😏
On the note of rituals and communion, I'd argue that preparing a hot chocolate would be better and more inclusive than coffee. More heartwarming, in a sense. And if I were to go full effort on the drinks, it would either be that or tea — my wife prefers those over coffee.
I still love coffee. But if I'm going to prep a cup with all that effort, I should at least have some good beans. And there the expensiveness of the "culture" flows in. So it makes so much more sense to just pick a coffeeshop that's artisan — even if they cost more — as long as you love everything about them and their coffee.
And I have that here. If I miss a good cup, I'd rather visit my local cafe with my wife so we both have a cup of our favorites. Her with her ceremonial grade matcha, me with my pretentious cup of black gold unadulterated by milk or sugar.
I love it. 🟤
I also love that I can just have this cup of coffee right now. This plain, mildly adjusted cup that highlights to me that everything is beautiful in their own context.
